Indeed. The Borg awaits, why resist? Assimilate ASAP.

Mark

Dave Mcneely wrote:
> Good grief!!
>
>
> ---- Derek Drew <derekdrew@DEREKMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> Often times when driving on the highway you will see another Vanagon
>> go by that is interesting and you wonder if you know who this person
>> is from the Internet or group events.
>>
>> There now seems to be a way, which is that if you have a smart phone
>> you can download and install the excellent and interesting WAZE
>> application that is a traffic and navigation application that you can
>> put onto your phone.
>>
>> When people see a car stopped in the middle of a highway, for
>> example, WAZE allows you to post a notification as to where the
>> hazard is on the highway and everybody else behind you will then be
>> warned. WAZE also notifies you of speeding cameras, hiding police,
>> and traffic jams, amont other things.
>>
>> There is a new feature in the last update which makes it so that if
>> one of your Facebook friends (or one of their friends) is near you on
>> the road, Waze will show that person to you and their name. (You can
>> turn this off or on as you wish.)
>>
>> So, if everybody on this list were to download WAZE to their
>> smartphone and then indicate that they would be visible to all their
>> facebook friends, they will always know when their friends are nearby
>> as long as they are within 1 kilomoeter of each other.
>>
>> ...................